Sash lock and holder.



PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907.

Z. XBVERS.

SASH LOCK AND HOLDER.

APPLICATION PILED'DEO. 11, 1906.

i from the rectan UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ZAOI-IARIAH XEVE-RS, OF SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA.

SASH' LOCK AND HOLDER.

To all whom (It may concern:

'l 3e it known that I, ZAOHARIAH XEVERS, a cltlzen of the United States, residing at Santa Cruz, in the county of Santa Cruz andand employed as a means for regulating the air-supply in a room and enablingthe win dows to be leftpartly open and still be secure from intruders and burglars;

The invention consists in a device of the above character constructed substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view showing the holder secured to one .of the sashes and in an operative position, a portion of the window-frame and upper and lower sashes being shown; Fig. 2 a side elevation of the holder, partly in section.

In the accompanying drawings, A re resents a portion of a window-frame,.and C the upper and lower sashes, respectively, the holder being ap lied to the lower sash either on the right or eft, as found most desirable, this being left entirely to the discretion of the user.

The body or base of] the holder may be cast of suitable metal or of malleable iron or of any suitable material found most desirable, said body being bent upon itself at or near its center toform a base D, which has a suitable hole through the same to receive a fasteningscriw a to secure it to the upper edge of the sas A downwardly-extending lip F is formed which the base D is constructed and has a hole or perforation to receive a fastening-screw Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 11.1906. Serial No. 347,324.

lar strip of metal from,

Patented March 5, 1907. i

or upper part of the holder and supports a screw-rod G, the threads thereof engaging the threads of a screwhole in the standard, so that the rod may be moved in a direction to or from the sash and may be provided with a thumb-piece e for convenience of turning it. To the inner end of the rod G is swiveled or otherwise connected a clamping-head H, which is preferably of malleable metal, with or without the cushion I, as found preferable, said cushion being of leather, rubber, or other resilient material that will not mar or otherwise injure the painted surface of the sash.

When the screw-rod is moved in the direction of the sash or toward the same, it will force the contactin plate or cushion mto intimate contact wit the upper sash, causin it to bind tightly against the sash-guide ant prevent lateral movement of the sash, and if the screw-rod be moved with sufficient force the holder will serve asa lock to revent the raising or lowerin of either sas ,while the window may be le t open a little at the top or bottom, or both, for ventilating purposes, thereb? providing an antirattlin means and a burg ar-proof holder therefor w 10h secures ,an absolute lock for the sash against raising,

it from the outside, besides insuring the sashes being perfectly stationar against movin in their guides, which won (1 cause a ratt ing thereo Havin now fully described my invention, what I c aim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

A ventilating sash lock and holder comprising a rectangu1ar strip of metal bent upon itself to provide a base of double thickness and the ends thereof extending upward and downward to form a standard and afast'eningclip res ectively, the lower portion of the double ase extending outward and forward beyond the standard and terminating in the clip, and a suitable screw-rod with clampinghead supported by the standard, substantially as and-for the pur ose set forth.

In testimony whereo I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ZAOHARIAH XEV'ERS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM W. HUBBLE,

PATRICK Form. 

